Often when I mention formational habits, people's minds go to self-help. They think this is about focusing inward. This couldn't be farther from the point of the The Common Rule.

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In this talk I try to explain why The Common Rule isn't about self-help or self-improvement, but about learning to love outwardly. Learning to turn inside out, and love God and neighbor instead of yourself.

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In this sense, The Common Rule is about becoming a church who - like the Savior we proclaim - walks into the storm.

Given at Area 10 Faith Community, Richmond